Comments on: What Should Your Business Listing Categories Be in MapMakerhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/28/what-should-your-business-listing-categories-be-in-mapmaker/
Developing Knowledge about Local SearchTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:11:42 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Mike Blumenthalhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/28/what-should-your-business-listing-categories-be-in-mapmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-696255
Fri, 04 Oct 2013 18:20:02 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-696255@Sam
Google will not show businesses with addresses hidden in MM. So if you must hide your address then your listing will be suppressed in MM.
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Wed, 02 Oct 2013 10:18:09 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-695022So Mike :
As a small at home business owner who caters to my clients at their home I should hide my address in Places but how can I make it now show up on MM as to not violate the rules ?
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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:34:07 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-617937@Adrian
Because of differing policies and practices, MapMaker WAS showing the service area businesses addresses even though it was hidden in Google Places…. Recently Google changed their practice and NOW no longer displays a listing in MapMaker that has the address hidden in the Dashboard. It will however show in Maps, + and search.

This is a recent change.

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:07:56 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-617925Sorry to query this again, but if you are a service business visiting a clients home, no work done at your business premises, you cannot find your listing on mapmaker? (Assuming you have edited your places listing correctly). Does this impact on your ranking / seo potential?
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Wed, 20 Feb 2013 17:15:18 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-599867@Beau
Go here and scour Google’s categories to be sure that there is not something close. If you try some creative searches you might find one. Use the closest that you can find.

Then, if you are using the Places dashboard, make custom categories for choices 2-5. If you are using the G+ Page management interface click go to the public view of the record and click on the public report a problem link and add custom categories to your listing. Remember that they need to meet the guideline of say what your business is, not what it does or sells…. ie insurance agency NOT insurance.

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Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:47:59 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-599396so, in case it was not clear from my previous comment (above), i have been unable to select any category because the only ones that google will permit or accept are totally unrelated to my business.
]]>By: Beau Schutzhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/28/what-should-your-business-listing-categories-be-in-mapmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-599395
Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:46:37 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-599395I’m not sure what mapmaker is, but i’ve been using a google places listing for quite a few years. now that they’ve migrated it over to the google+ local businesses format, i am stuck with only a choice between such categories as sushi restaurant, movers, hotel, etc – all things that have absoultely nothing whatsoever to do with my acutal business, which is computer repair – apparently they have not yet considered that somebody would be in such a business – they do not provide categories related to it, and if i type in computer store, computer repair technician, laptop service center or anything else at all similar, when i click save, it tells me that it does not understand my category selection, please choose one of the suggestions provided – such as sushi restaurant, moving company, or hotel. could it be that google+ local has now actually become one of the worst designed and implemented products in existence?? it definitely seems to be heading in that direction. well, hopefully, eventually (and sooner rather than later), they’ll figure out how to do it right. thanks for any advice you might be able to give. obviously, if you are using a free product there is no support or assistance from google
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Tue, 08 Jan 2013 19:54:44 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-591011@Zachary: If I understand you correctly, in marking it as a dupe, it doesn’t allow you to edit the rest of the listing. Simply refresh the page and then edit the POI again. Or, ignore any ‘warnings’ that this is a dupe if it already has been approved as a dupe and then edit the duplicate to your satisfaction.
]]>By: Zacharyhttp://blumenthals.com/blog/2012/06/28/what-should-your-business-listing-categories-be-in-mapmaker/comment-page-1/#comment-590961
Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:36:48 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-590961When a location moves it appears map maker updates the new location’s primary category to “Point of Interest” and leaves a duplicate behind with the old address. After going in to map maker to delete the duplicate, I am not “allowed” to select a real category as their primary category. What is the process to make sure this is updated in a timely manner?
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Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:14:25 +0000http://blumenthals.com/blog/?p=13256#comment-573832Dan: thanks for your commentary. Anyone else have insights into this aspect of mapmaker and how it impacts places records…please speak up.
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